Jehovah's Plagues on Christendom- Identifying the "Third"

As we shall see, when the first four trumpets are blown, plagues are inflicted on "a third" of the earth, of the sea, of the rivers and fountains of waters, and of the earth's sources of light. (Revelation 8:7-12)  A third is a considerable part of something but the whole.  (Compare  Isaiah 19:24; Ezekiel5:1; Zechariah 13:8, 9.)   so which "third" would be most deserving of these plagues ?  The majority of mankind has been blinded  and corrupted by Satan and his seed.  (Genesis 3:15); 2 Corinthians 4:4)  The situation is as described by David:"  "They have all turned aside, there are alike corrupt; there is no one doing good, not even one." (Psalm 14:3) Yes, the whole of mankind is in danger of receiving an adverse judgment. But one section thereof  is particularly guilty.  One part-"a third"-should have known better!  What is is that "third"? 

It is Christendom!   In the 1920's, her realm embraced about one third of mankind.  Her religion is the fruit of the great apostasy  from true Christianity-the apostasy that Jesus and his disciples foretold.  (Matthew 13:24-30; Acts 20:29, 30; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Peter 2:1-3)  The clergy of Christendom claim to be in God's temple and have represented themselves as teachers of Christianity. But their doctines  are far removed from Bible truth, and they continually bring God's name into disrepute.  Aptly represented by the symoblic thire, Christendom recieve potent, plaguing messages from Jehovah. That third of mankind merits no divine favor whatsoever!

In line with there being a sequence of trumpet blasts, special resolutions were featured at seven conventions from 1922 to 1928.  But the trumpeting has been confined to those years. The powerful exposing of Christendom's wicked ways has been continous , ongoing, as the Lord's day progresses.  Jehovah's judgments   must proclaim universally, to all nations, despite interational hatred and persecutions. Only then does the end of Satan's system come.  (Mark13:10, 13)  Happily, the great crowd  has not added its voice to that of the John class in making those thunderous pronouncements of worldwide importance.

Next time: Jehovah's Plagues on Christendom - A Third of the Earth Burned Up

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